Sunday, June 17, 2012

Whatever

I hate to sound like an old crank, but the truth of the matter is I can't stand all the made-up holidays. Just give me the real ones, starting with Christmas and Easter, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July, and maybe Memorial and Labor Days, just to frame the summer.

Ah water balloons and light saber fights... I do miss those, but the boys are grown up, one grown out, and no longer enjoy those(translation: I can't beat them at those anymore & they hit & throw harder than I can).

Not that having a daughter is less fun (its through you daughter that you get to experience why being a man is what men should be) - but despite some promising signs early on, those skills faded around 10 (translation: "Um Dad? I don't think I'm a boy.").

a zero and a heroin the eyes of the world[guess which i love more?]the guy on the left is described by the guy on the right as 'a part-time novelist and adventurer' + 'the luckiest guy in the world [to be married to whom he was]' in his autobio

Belated Happy Father's Day to all!Someday Tristan and all of the raccoon kits will have an epiphany and realize how very blessed they are to have fathers in God's image. But until then, you guys will continue to be the fathers they need based on faith that you're doing the right thing.

Good fathering is harder than good mothering in an important way, IMHO. Mothers are created to take care of our kids and protect them, help them grow, etc. But fathers, I imagine, have to fight their nature to become good men, and then fight their nature some more not to get angry when the kids get in the way of their relationship with their wife, or when a rug rat puts a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in the cd drive, or when a little guy interrupts them while watching the Stanley Cup/NBA finals/Worls Series.

It's not easy, but it IS natural for mothers to leave their self-centeredness behind when they have their first baby. But I would imagine it's neither easy or natural for fathers to do so.

I understand what Bob means when he says it's expected that a father doesn't abandon his children. But I have seen bad fathers at close range, and that makes it hard to take a good man for granted.

In any case, if every day is Father's day, then I'm not late in wishing you guys all a happy Father's day!LoveMrs. G

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